Lessons from a small country about the global obesity crisis

Globalization and Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Brownell, Kelly D ^a   Yach, Derek ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EATING HABIT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCOME; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 33749127862     PISSN: 17448603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-2-11     Document Type: Editorial

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